Konjengbam Anand

Dr. Konjengbam Anand is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, India.  With a rich history of academic and research positions, he has formerly been an Assistant Professor at both Manipur Technical University and IIIT Kottayam and also worked as a researcher at Nagayoshi Laboratory, Shizuoka University, Japan. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Hyderabad, with a dissertation on "Exploration of Product Reviews". Dr. Anand also has research experience in Text-to-Speech synthesis systems of Indic Languages while working as an assistant project engineer at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research interests encompass various topics such as natural language processing, sentiment analysis, machine translation, AI chatbots, generative AI, and information management.

Honours and Achievements :

• Suzuki Foundation Research Grant, Suzuki Corp., Japan, 2019

• IIT Hyderabad Research Appreciation Award, 2018

• IIT Hyderabad Research Excellence Award, 2017

Education :

• Ph.D., Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thesis titled: "Exploration of Product Reviews", Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2019.

• M.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2019

• B.Tech., Information Technology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 2012

Invited Talk/Sessions :

• "The AI Linguist: Breaking Language Barriers with Advanced NLP Technologies", NIT Hamirpur, 11th April 2024

• “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Health research”, Workshop on Understanding Systematic Review: Integrating Data Mining and Machine Learning Methods in Health Research, MDNIY, India, 27-28 Feb 2025 

• “Application of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning”, Workshop on Understanding Systematic Review: Integrating Data Mining and Machine Learning Methods in Health Research, MDNIY, India, 27-28 Feb 2025

• “Use of Big Data Analysis in Agriculture”, University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad 18th Jan – 5th Feb 2024

• “Next Gen Computing for Big Data”, FDP cum Workshop on NextGen Computing for Big Data Applications, IIIT Kottayam, India, 2023 

• "Text Classification and sentiment analysis", NFAB: NLP Foundations and Beyond, IIIT Kottayam, India, 7-12 August 2023

• “How to Read a Research Article”, SERB – Accelerate Vigyan, IIIT Kottayam, India, July 22, 2022 

• "Opinion Exploration of User-Generated Contents", Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, June 12, 2021

• "Exploration of Product Reviews", Hokkaido University, Japan, September 17, 2020

Professional Activities

• Organizing Committee, SPECOM, 2023: The 25th International Conference on Speech & Computer

• Technical Program Committee Chair, ICTDsC 2023: International Conference On Data Science and Communication  

• Publicity Co-Chairs, ICITIIT'23: The 4th International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology 

• Session Chair, ICITIIT'23: The 4th International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology 

Reviewer:

• Pattern Recognition, Elsevier

• International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, Springer

• International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEE

• International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation, Springer

Research Interests :

• Natural Langauge Processing

• Sentiment Analysis

• Machine Translation

• AI chatbots

• Information Management